Written by a practitioner of mathematics, philosophy, taiji, gluten-free cooking, chant, meditation, gardening, and renovation, with no particular end in mind. Were there an end, it would come too soon, and the Path would cease to Wander.

20 April 2006

Well, not quite, but Pharyngula has an amusing take on some conservative inconsistencies. Some good comments there, too.

Random connection to tonight's 123 class. We're on probability and discussing dependent vs. independent events. So I asked them whether the events "person is Republican" and "person supports gun control" were independent. No one seemed to know this...which rather confused me. Apparently I have non-political students. They got the next one just fine: the events "leaving from home late" and "arriving at work on time" are definitely NOT independent.